Q.1.

Every
person in India is poor.
(a) third
(b) fourth
(c) fifth
(d) sixth
Ans. (b)
Q.2. Vulnerability to poverty is determined by the options for finding an alternative living in terms of
(a) assets
(b) education
(c) health
(d) all the above
Q.3. Social exclusion denies certain individuals the
(a) facilities
(b) benefits
(c) opportunities
(d) all the above
Ans. (d)
Q.4. How many people in India live below the poverty line?
(a) 30 crores
(b) 26 crores
(c) 28 crores
(d) 24 crores
Ans. (b)
Q.5. Which organisation carries out survey for determining the poverty line?
(a) NSSO
(b) CSO
(c) Planning Commission (d) None of the above
Ans. (a)
Q.6. Which social group is most vulnerable to poverty in India?
(a) Scheduled castes (b) Scheduled tribes (c) Casual labourers (d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.7. Which two states of India continue to be the poorest states?
(a) Madhya Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir
(b) Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand
(c) Orissa, Bihar
(d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
Q.8. Poverty line in rural areas is (As per 2011-12)
(a) Rs 328
(b) Rs. 730
(c) Rs 954
(d) Rs. 816
Ans. (d)
Q.9. Who are the poorest of the poor?
(a) Women
(b) Old people
(c) Children
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.10. What is the poverty ratio in the state of Orissa?
(a) 50%
(b) 37.6%
(c) 60%
(d) 57%
Ans. (b)
Q.11. In which state has the high agricultural growth helped to reduce poverty?
(a) Jammu & Kashmir (b) West Bengal
(c) Punjab
(d) Gujarat
Ans. (c)
Q.12. In which state have the land reform measures helped to reduce poverty?
(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Punjab
(c) West Bengal
(d) Kerala
Ans. (c)
Q.13. Which state has focused more on human resource development?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Maharashtra
(d) Kerala
Ans. (d)
Q.14. In which state is the public distribution system responsible for the reduction in poverty?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
Ans. (c)
Q.15. What is the main cause of poverty in India?
(a) High income inequalities
(b) Less job opportunities
(c) High growth in population
(d) All the above
Q.16. Which of the following is responsible for high poverty rates?
(a) Huge income inequalities
(b) Unequal distribution of land
(c) Lack of effective implementation of land reforms
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)

Q.17. In rural areas, which of the following are not poor?

(a) Landless agricultural workers (b) Backward classes (c) Rural artisans
(d) Medium farmers
Ans. (d)
Q.18. Nutritional level of food energy is expressed in the form of
(a) calories per day
(b) wheat consumption
(c) rice consumption per day
(d) none of the above
Ans. (a)
Q.19. As per Planning Commission, minimum daily intake of calories for determining poverty line for rural
area is
(a) 2100
(b) 2400
(c) 1500
(d) none of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.20. Poverty ratio in India as compared to Pakistan is
(a) same
(b) half
(c) two times
(d) two and a half times
Ans. (c)
Q.21. What are accepted average calories required in India in urban areas?
(a) 2100
(b) 2400
(c) 2800
(d) 2500
Ans. (b)
Q.22. Who is considered as poor?
(a) A rich landlord (b) A businessman (c) A landless labourer (d) A teacher
Ans. (c)
Q.23. Which among the following is the method to estimate the poverty line?
(a) Investment method
(b) Income method
(c) Capital method
(d) Human method
Ans. (b)
Q.24. Which state has the largest percentage of poors in India?
(a) Bihar
(b) Orissa
(c) Kerala
(d) Punjab
Ans. (b)
Q.25. When was National Rural Employment Guarantee Act passed?
(a) September 2005 (b) August 2004
(c) May 2009
(d) None of these
Ans. (a)
Q.26. Who advocated that India would be truly independent only when the poorest of its people
become free of human suffering ?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Jawahar lal Nehru (d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (a)
Q.27. Which of the following programmes was launched in the year 2000?
(a) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
(b) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
(c) Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojna
(d) Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana
Ans. (d)
Q.28. Who do not come under the category of urban poor?
(a) The casual workers (b) The unemployed (c) The shopkeepers
(d) Rickshawpullers
Ans. (c)
Q.29. How many percent of Indian people were poor in the year 2011-12?
(a) 36%
(b) 46%
(c) 21.9%
(d) 29%
Ans. (c)
Q.30. Which scheme was started in 1993 to create self-employment opportunities for educated unemployed youth in rural areas and small towns?
(a) Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana
(b) National Rural Employment Guarantee Act

(c) Rural Employment Generation Programme (d) Swarnajayanti Gram Swarojgar Yojana
Ans. (a)
Q.31. For how many days NREGA provides employment?
(a) 70
(b) 80
(c) 90
(d) 100
Ans. (d)
Q.32. Which one of the social groups are vulnerable to poverty?
(a) Scheduled caste
(b) Urban casual labour
(c) Rural agricultural households
(d) All the above
Ans. (d)
Q.33. By which year governments are aiming to meet the Milennium Development Goals including
halving the rate of global poverty?
(a) 2011
(b) 2015
(c) 2045
(d) 2035
Ans. (b)
Q.34. Which one is not the major causes of income inequality in India?
(a) Unequal distribution of land
(b) Lack of fertile land
(c) Gap between rich and the poor
(d) Increase in population
Ans. (b)
Q.35. In which of the following countries did poverty actually rise from 1981 to 2001?
(a) Sub-Saharan Africa
(b) India
(c) China
(d) Russia
Ans. (a)
Q.36. The calorie requirement is higher in the rural areas because :
(a) they do not enjoy as much as people in the urban areas. (b) food items are expensive.
(c) they are engaged in mental work.
(d) people are engaged in physical labour.
Ans. (d)
Q.37. Which of the following is an indicator of poverty in India?
(a) Income level
(b) Illiteracy level
(c) Employment level
(d) All of these
Ans. (d)
Q.38. Which of the following is not a valid reason for the poverty alleviation programme in India?
(a) Lack of proper implementation
(b) Lack of right targeting
(c) Corruption at the highest level
(d) Overlapping of schemes
Ans. (c)
Q.39. Which industry suffered the most during colonial period?
(a) Jute
(b) Textile
(c) Indigo
(d) All the above
Ans. (a)
Q.40. Poverty ratio in which of the following states is above the national average?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Karnataka
Ans. (a)
Q.41. Which of the following is not considered a social indicator of poverty?
(a) Less number of means of transport
(b) Illiteracy level
(c) Lack of access to health care
(d) Lack of job opportunities
Ans. (a)
Q.42. Full form of NFWP is :
(a) National Federation for Work and Progress (b) National Forest for Wildlife Protection
(c) National Food and Wheat Processing
(d) National Food for Work Programme
Ans. (d)

Q.43. Which country of South-East Asia made rapid economic growth resulting in a significant decline in
poverty?
(a) India
(b) China
(c) Nepal
(d) Pakistan
Ans. (b)
Q.44. In which part of the world poverty has remained the same during 1981 to 2001?
(a) South Asia
(b) Sub-Saharan Asia (c) China
(d) Latin America
Ans. (d)
Q.45. Which of the following states has the poverty ratio below the national average?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Assam
(d) Maharashtra
Ans. (d)
Q.46. The current anti-poverty programme consists of two planks. They are:
(a) Socio-economic reasons and public distribution system.
(b) Promotion of economic growth and targeted anti-poverty programme.
(c) Anti-poverty programme and public distribution system.
(d) None of the above.
Ans. (b)
Q.47. According to World Bank, poverty is measured by:
(a) People living below Rs. 100 per day
(b) People living below 1.25 $ per day
(c) People living below Rs. 550 per month (d) None of the above
Ans. (b)
Q.48. Kerala has tried to control poverty by:
(a) Investing in human resource
(b) Investing in medical science
(c) Investing in infrastructure
(d) None of the above
Ans. (a)